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have a close election. they want finality. they want the election over. we have to be prepared just in case there is a narrow margin. the recount does vary across the state. we will have to look to see how election. we will proceed forward if that host: what are the lessons from 2000? guest: it will be lawyers in every state where it recounts are going on. we will have election officials there scrutinizing every ballot in the recount. mistakes in 2000 in the way we not see that again. host: let me share with you some retracting to remind you what happened 12 years ago. [video clip] television and radio networks using a pool of data exit poll mistakes over the night. then calling it back. networks are not the only ones >> i have one newspaper, this is "the new york post." they called it for george bush. just like the networks, they came out with a new edition, they called it "a nail biter." when it happened to us, it was based on technology. this is kind of scary what we are basing it all on tonight. >> they may yet be right. in the case of the chicago new
have a close election. they want finality. they want the election over. we have to be prepared just in case there is a narrow margin. the recount does vary across the state. we will have to look to see how election. we will proceed forward if that host: what are the lessons from 2000? guest: it will be lawyers in every state where it recounts are going on. we will have election officials there scrutinizing every ballot in the recount. mistakes in 2000 in the way we not see that again. host: let...
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election day is one week away. find key races from across the country on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org/campaign2012. "washington journal" continues. >> we are back with scott keeter the director of survey research. understanding polling. why do we do polls? >> a lot of people think we do them to figure out who is going to win but we are going to find that out next week or maybe a little after that depending on whapls. but we do polls to understand why people vote the way they do. who votes the way they do? the purpose is to explain the election, not to predict it. host: why are they considered scientific? guest: they are considered scientific because they use principles of random sampling to produce an accurate model of the public. it is surprising to people that you can interview 1,000 people or 1,500 and do that, but it has been well demonstrated that you can. so, we use those kinds of principles that are basically at the heart of a lot of science to be able to do this somewhat miraculous feet producing an
election day is one week away. find key races from across the country on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org/campaign2012. "washington journal" continues. >> we are back with scott keeter the director of survey research. understanding polling. why do we do polls? >> a lot of people think we do them to figure out who is going to win but we are going to find that out next week or maybe a little after that depending on whapls. but we do polls to understand why people vote the...
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election. caller: i have never been so fired up in my life. i have been working for mitt romney for six years. i am a small businessman and stockholder. i think that mitt romney is going to be elected on tuesday and he will be the greatest president for the stock market. i tell you what, i have not been able to sleep much for the last month. there is just no doubt in my mind. host: i know you're going to tell us about -- tell us that he will win, but tell us why. what will the outcome be? what will happen and why? caller: he needs to be elected to save the economy. we have a terrible economy and the majority of the american people realize that the obama policies have been miserable failures and mitt romney knows how to create jobs. he is brilliant, a job creator. i think that under him we will have the best economy in history and steve, i cannot wait until tuesday to find out that mitt romney will be the next president of united states of america. host: i will make one prediction, we will know
election. caller: i have never been so fired up in my life. i have been working for mitt romney for six years. i am a small businessman and stockholder. i think that mitt romney is going to be elected on tuesday and he will be the greatest president for the stock market. i tell you what, i have not been able to sleep much for the last month. there is just no doubt in my mind. host: i know you're going to tell us about -- tell us that he will win, but tell us why. what will the outcome be? what...
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election is squadder days away. post campaigns released details on where obama and romney will be making their final appearances ahead of next tuesday. their schedules and with the swing states that have received so much attention. but as we look ahead to election day this morning we want to open our phone lines up to voters and non-swing states to hear what you think about campaign 2012. we want to hear how motivated those voters are in non battleground states are about the election. and enough on the issues that matter in your state. give us a call on the democrat's line -- 202-585-3880. on the republican line at -- 202-585-3881. and the independent line independen 202-585-38802. and you can catch up with us on twitter, or e-mail us at cspan@journal.org. good morning to you. i want to assure you that 2012 battleground map we have been featuring for the last week or so here on the "washington journal." assuring the swing states in this election. this morning on the washington journal, we want to hear from the voter
election is squadder days away. post campaigns released details on where obama and romney will be making their final appearances ahead of next tuesday. their schedules and with the swing states that have received so much attention. but as we look ahead to election day this morning we want to open our phone lines up to voters and non-swing states to hear what you think about campaign 2012. we want to hear how motivated those voters are in non battleground states are about the election. and...
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previous election we have had. host: independent caller from garland, texas. your on the air. caller: can i go ahead with my question? host: please do. caller: hello? host: i'm going to put you on hold. you've got to turn the television down. laurie in houston, texas, democratic caller. caller: i would like to thank the host for informing one of the callers that your show is not paid for by the government. it seems to be a lot of people who call in our very uninformed. i feel like i'm hearing a lot of comments that come from? news. i also feel that -- that come from fox news. i also feel that the president is doing a great job. have people from what happened before he came into the office where the stock market was crashing? millions of people were going into foreclosure, the car companies getting ready to go out of business, and obama's hands have been tied by people who wanted to get him out of office on day one and look what he has been able to do. and people are asking is why we are still willing to vote for hi
previous election we have had. host: independent caller from garland, texas. your on the air. caller: can i go ahead with my question? host: please do. caller: hello? host: i'm going to put you on hold. you've got to turn the television down. laurie in houston, texas, democratic caller. caller: i would like to thank the host for informing one of the callers that your show is not paid for by the government. it seems to be a lot of people who call in our very uninformed. i feel like i'm hearing a...
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grassley i was elect and harkin? -- how can iowa elect them? neither of them are up for reelection, but what world to the plate? guest: if i could do that, i would quit this gig and write a political science book and i would go down and live by angie in florida. it is the case that for better than 30 years, it was not just republican and democrat. i suspect the point of this question is that it is grassley and harkin. is safe and fair to say that they both represent the core beliefs of their two parties. this is what we call a truce wednesday. that is how this state operates. -- this is a true swing state. it is not the case when barack obama wins these electoral votes, this will not turn i will blue. -- i know what will not turn blue. his victory will ensure a retention and expansion of the state senate majority which will bring house seats and it is part of a strategy that actually can put us on a possible path to win all four congressional seats. two years from there will be another battle to hold those gains. this is a very independent- min
grassley i was elect and harkin? -- how can iowa elect them? neither of them are up for reelection, but what world to the plate? guest: if i could do that, i would quit this gig and write a political science book and i would go down and live by angie in florida. it is the case that for better than 30 years, it was not just republican and democrat. i suspect the point of this question is that it is grassley and harkin. is safe and fair to say that they both represent the core beliefs of their...
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al franken win the election. host: that goes to the very issue we are talking about. we have seen it in state races. we saw it in 2000. the election system is not perfect, and they're off laws. -- there are flaws. from "the new york daily news." dale is on the phone from new mexico. good morning. caller: thank you for having me on. i cannot believe your last caller. the only reason the black panthers were there was to make sure the skinheads did not get in the way of people voting. as far as they're being a problem with the election, it is possible. i think is a very possible. one of these days, maybe you can help us out and put an elementary teacher on exploiting with the electoral college is. i do not know why we have it. host: we will certainly be talking about that this week and next week because it is an important civics lesson. by the way, in case you're interested, we have a c-span in the classroom website that focuses on the process of electing officials. it is a free service. go to c-span.org and you wil
al franken win the election. host: that goes to the very issue we are talking about. we have seen it in state races. we saw it in 2000. the election system is not perfect, and they're off laws. -- there are flaws. from "the new york daily news." dale is on the phone from new mexico. good morning. caller: thank you for having me on. i cannot believe your last caller. the only reason the black panthers were there was to make sure the skinheads did not get in the way of people voting. as...
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day before the election. historically, and the president did that as well. not to say that he's been elected president, but another candidate for president did. that was john f. kennedy. he came to new hampshire before coming down to cape cod to wait for returns, which as we all know did not come through that very evening in 1960. host: how is governor romney dealing with the good economy in new hampshire, 5.7% unemployment? guest: it is a little tricky, if your main message nationwide is the economy and new hampshire's economy, their unemployment rate is so low. it is lightly tricky. one issue that the democrats have been using both for the presidential election and in our gubernatorial races is the issue of abortion. that has been something that has been highly significant in the advertising that china seen on new hampshire television. one thing that's interesting, being in a swing state, if you are watching nationwide and you're not in a swing states, is if you turn on the tv or radio, is all advertising.
day before the election. historically, and the president did that as well. not to say that he's been elected president, but another candidate for president did. that was john f. kennedy. he came to new hampshire before coming down to cape cod to wait for returns, which as we all know did not come through that very evening in 1960. host: how is governor romney dealing with the good economy in new hampshire, 5.7% unemployment? guest: it is a little tricky, if your main message nationwide is the...
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they hold the key to the election. for those who think romney will carry ohio, maybe they are right, but we don't see it that way. if we have that leaning obama. we shall see on monday whether any of them slip. we are monitoring them on an hourly basis. we are looking to the jobs report on friday. it may be the last piece of new information that could affect the election. host: any fallout or benefit from hurricane sandy for the candidates? guest: i think it's becoming clear that this has been a plus for president obama. how big, we will see. if you are the incumbents and you're in a tough race, what do you want to do? you want to look presidential. that's a great advantage of incumbency. that is precisely the way he has looked, with the help of his new best friend chris christie. i guess bill clinton will have to step aside. he was the president's new best friend. now it's chris christie. with that bipartisan blessing, the president looks good. for mitt romney, he was pushed off the stage. this storm was a kind of cir
they hold the key to the election. for those who think romney will carry ohio, maybe they are right, but we don't see it that way. if we have that leaning obama. we shall see on monday whether any of them slip. we are monitoring them on an hourly basis. we are looking to the jobs report on friday. it may be the last piece of new information that could affect the election. host: any fallout or benefit from hurricane sandy for the candidates? guest: i think it's becoming clear that this has been...
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so this election is going to come out to turnout. whoever can get their support torse the polls to vote. and i'm quite encouraged at this point as i have mentioned been traveling the country i see a level of enthusiasm that i have not seen in the ten years that i've been at the family research counsel. in fact i voted early so i could be here and in ohio this weekend into next week. and i stood in line two hours, 40 minutes in my home state of louisiana to vote. there is certainly a lot of interest and a lot of people that are looking for change in this upcoming election and they're casting their votes. and that's good. it's good that americans participate. not everybody has that opportunity. we do. a lot of people have sacrificed in order for us to have that right and it's good that americans exercise it. it's just good that we do it. host: you mentioned todd akin, the action pack also supported richard murdock in the senate race in indiana. as far as your support, why does your organization support them especially with statements t
so this election is going to come out to turnout. whoever can get their support torse the polls to vote. and i'm quite encouraged at this point as i have mentioned been traveling the country i see a level of enthusiasm that i have not seen in the ten years that i've been at the family research counsel. in fact i voted early so i could be here and in ohio this weekend into next week. and i stood in line two hours, 40 minutes in my home state of louisiana to vote. there is certainly a lot of...
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only $2500 per election so $5,000 per candidate. and there are prohibitions on who can give money to the candidates. unions are not permitted to make contributions. that's been the law for more than 40 years and it still is. they're about to spend their own money independently of the campaign if they want to but they can't make contributions. presidential candidates raise money at the national level. there are a loft of wealthy individuals who support them. so the obama campaign stands out in that respect a little bit. the caller is making another point which is that the money in this race this year has been much more focused in many respects on a small number of individual people. the attention in this spending is focused on a small number of people who have contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to the process. i think the number that gets you to a majority of the money -- about 60% of the outside money has been raced from about 200 individuals. so the number of people you could fit on an airplane have been an important group
only $2500 per election so $5,000 per candidate. and there are prohibitions on who can give money to the candidates. unions are not permitted to make contributions. that's been the law for more than 40 years and it still is. they're about to spend their own money independently of the campaign if they want to but they can't make contributions. presidential candidates raise money at the national level. there are a loft of wealthy individuals who support them. so the obama campaign stands out in...
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essentially, obama won the election before election day. john mccain won the election day vote but obama had already won the election in the early voting period. we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. -- voters in north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is up from the percentage who voted in 2008. percentage is greater this time at this juncture that was in 2008. the number of younger voters who tend to be more for obama than for running a, a greater percentage is up this time compared to 2008. those are all good signs for the obama campaign. but, what that will mean at the end, we don't know but the obama campaign had a good signal from that. host: we have a chart from an article in the "atlantic." it talks about absentee ballot request in north carolina. host: the democrats made a gain of about 9000.
essentially, obama won the election before election day. john mccain won the election day vote but obama had already won the election in the early voting period. we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. -- voters in north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is...
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november 7, the day after the election. they will have to begin negotiations with congressional leaders on how to avert. tax hikes and spending cuts that neither party supports in full. december 31, almost every tax cut enacted since 2001 will expire. $109 billion across-the-board spending cut begin taking effect. half of the cuts come from national defense. day.ry 20 is a inauguratioinaun mid february, the treasury department estimates another raise in the current $16.40 trillion debt limit will be needed requiring a vote in congress. march 27, the current funding for the federal government runs out threatening a shutdown. the next call on who is best to reach across the aisle comes from providence, rhode island, where john is a democrat. caller: unfortunately, my party as much as they have been talking about the republicans, my party has been more and more taken over by the extremist fringe. you have to look at their resume to see what they have done in the past. mitt romney had to work with the other side. obama really s
november 7, the day after the election. they will have to begin negotiations with congressional leaders on how to avert. tax hikes and spending cuts that neither party supports in full. december 31, almost every tax cut enacted since 2001 will expire. $109 billion across-the-board spending cut begin taking effect. half of the cuts come from national defense. day.ry 20 is a inauguratioinaun mid february, the treasury department estimates another raise in the current $16.40 trillion debt limit...
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host: four days from the election and using the numbers are solid. how do you say they will play out and other key indicators are you watching going into tuesday? guest: we are seeing a lot of improvements in ohio. one in eight jobs here is directly or indirectly related to the audio industry. we see some key changes in the supply chain for the autumn industry which has had a huge benefit. that is in the short term. the president put a tariff on chinese steel which led to a $1 billion investment in a new steel factory in youngstown, ohio, and it is all due to the president's policies. there are some good feelings about how this is going. we all know we have a long way to go. who was going to move us forward? who is going to make the investment in new energy input -- the new energy economy? we have a lot of universities here in ohio and we can be a huge part of restructuring the new economy, but we have to make sure we do not have a bunch of ideologues in the political realm. the need to realize investments in basic technology and research can lead to
host: four days from the election and using the numbers are solid. how do you say they will play out and other key indicators are you watching going into tuesday? guest: we are seeing a lot of improvements in ohio. one in eight jobs here is directly or indirectly related to the audio industry. we see some key changes in the supply chain for the autumn industry which has had a huge benefit. that is in the short term. the president put a tariff on chinese steel which led to a $1 billion...
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senator toomey, former congressman now senator, elected as well. the governor elected by 9%. statewide elections -- we have three statewide offices for election -- auditor general, attorney general, state treasurer. we often have split winners. this means the state could go for obama as it did in 2008 but elect a republican attorney general, as it did. that is not uncommon. pennsylvania, despite the fact that we are seen more straight party voting in the last three elections, last ticket splitting, they will split tickets and elected democrat or republican statewide in a very competitive state despite the fact that pennsylvania has now five times one democratic in presidential elections. host: your election forecast? another nail biter? guest: i think so. i do not think there'll be much change in the legislature, maybe a few seats republicans will pick up. i think it will stay the same. the congressional delegation will remain republican. the presidential race -- i would give the president a slight age. it has become stable, his five- point lead on average. you cannot rule ou
senator toomey, former congressman now senator, elected as well. the governor elected by 9%. statewide elections -- we have three statewide offices for election -- auditor general, attorney general, state treasurer. we often have split winners. this means the state could go for obama as it did in 2008 but elect a republican attorney general, as it did. that is not uncommon. pennsylvania, despite the fact that we are seen more straight party voting in the last three elections, last ticket...
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96% will vote on election day. so there are minds subject to change in a state like that. ohio, virginia, colorado, early voting is prevalent. the state of the race two weeks ago is basically where we are going to be on election day. host: what about ohio and the back-and-forth about this ad that romney put on the air in ohio and the headlines this morning in the "new york times, two american of all motorists -- two american automakers rebut claims by romney? guest: they are trying to undermine president obama's mrs. mara automobile bailout was great for the state of ohio. that has proven to be a very strong message for president, something that has gotten him some support from voters that he normally would not do well with in some parts of the country, the white working-class voters, specifically in northeastern ohio, those workers are the ones who benefit from the automobile companies the most. so the republicans need to make it known to other ohio voters that, automobile bailout was not great for the state and d
96% will vote on election day. so there are minds subject to change in a state like that. ohio, virginia, colorado, early voting is prevalent. the state of the race two weeks ago is basically where we are going to be on election day. host: what about ohio and the back-and-forth about this ad that romney put on the air in ohio and the headlines this morning in the "new york times, two american of all motorists -- two american automakers rebut claims by romney? guest: they are trying to...